9. For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'
10. Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness:
11. For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.
12. Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.
13. Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?
14. If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.
15. Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
16. And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
17. Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?
18. Who hath said to a king--`Worthless,' Unto princes--`Wicked?'
19. That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them.
20. [In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
21. For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.
22. There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
23. For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,
24. He breaketh the mighty--no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.
25. Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.